cogollo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cucullus. Cognate with English cowl.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʝo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʝo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʎo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʃo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʒo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

• Rhymes: -oʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -oʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: co‧go‧llo

Noun

cogollo m (plural cogollos)

1. lettuce (or other vegetable) heart
2. (botany) shoot
   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:

     el cogollo de palma

     the palm shoot

3. (botany) top portion of a tree
4. nub; crux
5. clique; select group

Derived terms

• descogollar

Related terms

• cogulla
• cucurucho

Further reading

• “cogollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025